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> Internet easier to navigate. Based in Pasadena, California, the
> company was started in May 2000 by idealab!, a leading Internet
> incubator. Since that time, New.net has developed propriety technology
> that allows its
      
Ah, another idealab! company.  Lets see, what OTHER idealab! companies
have screwed themselves lately (according to FuckedCompany.com[0])?

* idealab! itself
* eToys.com - still doing their final closeout sale
* refer.com - closed
* cooking.com - 20% layoffs (rumor)
* utility.com - all offered services suspended
* CarsDirect.com - webserver's gone
* petsmart.com - pulled IPO
* modo.net - closed
* firstlook.com - 30% layoffs (rumor)
* eve.com - webserver's gone.

And there's a couple other notable mentions, including lawsuits and other
funness.

idealab! is making a name for itself in funding lots of companies that are
tanking left and right.  And they don't even have the decency to remove
their fallen children from their homepage (utility.com, netzero, and
carsdirect being notables)...

-j

[0] - I take FuckedCompany with a grain of salt (as I assume everyone else
does), but many of their reports on idealab! have been shown to be true
(or very close to accurate) as reported.

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